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NrrED STATES ATnN'r Orrrcri REUBEN D. VAN DE CARR, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN CANISTERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. l 59,722, dated February 9, 1875; application filed l January 30, 1875.

To all whom it may concern; A

Be it known that I, REUBEN D. VAN DE CARR, of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of N ew York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Canisters for Tea and other merchantable articles, of which the following is a specification This invention has for its object to connect a clock, or its representative, with a caddy, canister, or case, for holding tea, coffee, spice, and other merchandise, so as to impart to the canister or case anovel, attractive, and highly ornamental appearance.

The invention consists in attaching to the front panel or face-plate of a caddy, canister, or case a clock or its representative, the connection being secured by forming an opening in the front panel or face-plate, through which the frame-work inclosin g the clock can be passed in such a manner that the same will be supported and retained in position.

To prevent the contents of the canister from pressing upon the back and sides of the framework inclosing the gearing ot' the clock, or that portion which projects into the canister, there should be constructed or connected with the canister an inwardly-proj ectin g case or cap, of a form approximating that of the external surface of that portion of the clock-frame which incloses the gearing in such a manner as to present a firm, substantial seat or socket for receiving and supporting the clock.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a caddy, canister, or case, illustrating a clock as connected with and supported thereby. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of a caddy, canister, or case, illustrating the case or socket for receiving the clock or its representative.

Referring to the drawings, the letter A designates a caddy, canister, or case, which may be of any of the well-known forms, shapes, or construction now in use for holding and storing merchantable articles, such as coffee, tea, spice, nuts, snuff, tobacco, farinaceous and all other such material as is usually placed in such by merchants.

The body of the canister or caddy illustrated is a representation of one of the many well-known forms and constructions, it being selected so as to exhibit my invention.

It is not deemed essential to further describe the formation and use of the caddy, canister, or case, except to say that the front panel or face-plate should be ornamented and strengthcned by vertical ribs or concavo-convex pillars illustrated at a. a, so as to impart a finish and neat appearance to the article, though it is evident that such pillars are not essential.

The prime feature of the invention consists in forming an opening, B, in the front panel or face-plate of a caddy, canister, or case, through which the rear portion or body of the clock is inserted in such a manner as to have the gearing of the clock, and that portion of the frame which surrounds it, project into the caddy, canister, or case, so that the dial and hands will be exposed, and the frame or rimwork which surrounds the same abut or bear upon the surface of the front panel or face, so as to secure a firm and substantial seat for the clock.

rlhe opening constructed in the front panel or face-plate is -produced therein by suitable cutting or stamping tools, and is made of a form corresponding' with or approximating that of the body of the clock, or at least that tween the clock and the panel of the caddysuch, for instance, as screws, rivets, solder, or other fastening medium readily suggestive to a mechanic.

To form a ready means of connecting the clock with the caddy, canister, or case, and secure a substantial housing for receiving and supporting the clock, there should be arranged upon the interior of the front panel or faceplate a case or socket, as at O, so that when that portion of the frame-Work of the clock which protects the gearing is inserted into the aforesaid socket, the latter will protect the clock against pressure of the material placed in the caddy and prevent the displacement of the clock by such pressure.

It is evident that a socket or case for receiving and supporting the clock may be constructed of a series of braces or bars to form a seat for the clock, in which no provision would be present to obviate orresist the pressure of the contents in the caddy, unless a partition be placed in the interior of the caddy, which is now in common use.

The clock may be secured in position in the socket by Wedges, screws, or by other suitable fastening devices; and, further, springs may be connected with the clock-frame, similar to those used to connect lamps with lanterns, so as to make provision for ready attachment and detachment of the clock to and from the caddy.

A caddy, canister, or case, constructed, as above set forth, to receive a clock or a dial and hands as a representation of a c1ook,Wil1

with a seat or socket for receiving and supporting a clock or its representative, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand.

.REUBEN D. VAN DE GARR. Witnesses:

J AMES L. Nonnrs, Jos. L. GooMBs. 

